filmfreeway accredited
georgia Shorts
Film festival
Sunday, May 24th | 2026
Welcome to the georgia shorts film festival
The Georgia Shorts Film Festival is a theatrical screening event in Atlanta for independent films of all genres
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Short Films & Screenplays
Submissions for the 2026 Festival are OPEN
The Georgia Shorts Film Festival is a theatrical screening event in Atlanta, GA, for independent short films of all genres. We are excited to showcase not only some of the best films from Georgia and the Southeast, but also showcase some of the best films from around the world to Georgia audiences.
The GSFF also recognizes exceptional filmmaking and screenwriting with awards and nominations by our judging panel.
OFFICIAL TRAILER 2025
2025 Official
Selections
FILMS
9 Lives
Above the Clouds
Baking and Entering
Behind The Black Diamond
Breakfast with Tiffany
Cereal
Close Encounter
Creature
Dale
Diabolo Tamer
Ditch
Eternal Spring
Everything Happens
Flush
Harlem Fragments
I Love You
If the Creek Don’t Rise
IOTB: It’s Only The Beginning
It’s Showtime
Jackrabbit Homestead
Jeudi
Knowing You
Listening to the Plants
Lola Grey
LUKi and the Lights
Mafia
Mr. Headcase
Munchies
Murder Queens
Natural Selection
Once Upon a Time in Lahore
One Story at a Time: Celeste Lecesne
Open Door
Operation Kandahar
Overexposed
Pastor’s Kid
Pretty Kitty
Project Penelope
Put Your Cart Away
Rabies
Scavengers
Sidewalk Serendipity
Slideshow
Strangers
Stuck
Swapped at Length
Tennis, Oranges
The Awkward Date
The Curse of Stigma
The Curve
The Gateway Process
The Grief Counselor
The Image Seller
The Murder On Cape Melancholy
The Shadow of Snow
This is Jan
To End All Spells
Toby
Triggered
Ultramarine
Unexpecting
Whippy
Why Dogs Howl
Wildman
Wire
You are Early
SCREENPLAYS
A Bug On Its Back (Screenplay)
A Slip of Paper
Ben’s Laundromat
Border Lines
Cats Vs. Geese: Adventures in Kittensitting
Cerulea
Cinema One
Classic
Danielle
Delmont Lovers
Jointly Juvenile
Poet’s Bucket List
Poison Dart Frog
Puddin’
Snap Decision
Soteria
Streaming Issues
The Crowning Of An Introvert
The Fate of Teddy Pendernaps
The Idea of Us
The Talent
The Woman in White
Winter Solstice
2025 Award
Nominations
Best Animated Film
Baking and Entering
Operation Kandahar- Winner!
Scavengers
Tennis, Oranges
Best Drama Film
Behind The Black Diamond
Flush- Winner!
Harlem Fragments
Overexposed
You are Early
Best Dark Drama Film
Mr. Headcase
Murder Queens
The Grief Counselor- Winner!
The Image Seller
Best Documentary Film
Listening to the Plants- Winner!
The Curse of Stigma
Best Comedy Film
Everything Happens
Mafia
Stuck
The Curve
The Murder On Cape Melancholy- Winner!
Best Dark Comedy Film
9 Lives
Munchies
Put Your Cart Away
Slideshow- Winner!
Whippy
Best Dramedy Film
Swapped at Length
Toby- Winner!
Best Coming of Age Film
If the Creek Don’t Rise
Pastor’s Kid- Winner!
Best Romantic Comedy Film
Sidewalk Serendipity
The Awkward Date- Winner!
Best Mockumentary Film
Diabolo Tamer
Natural Selection- Winner!
Best LGBTQ+ Stories: Queer Visions
Jackrabbit Homestead
Jeudi
Knowing You
This is Jan
Wildman- Winner!
Best Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Film
Close Encounter
Project Penelope- Winner!
The Gateway Process
To End All Spells
Best Horror/ Thriller Film
Open Door
Pretty Kitty
Rabies
Triggered- Winner!
Best Georgia Film
Creature
Dale
IOTB: It’s Only The Beginning
Lola Grey- Winner!
Once Upon a Time in Lahore
Ultramarine
Best Cinematography
Harlem Fragments- Winner!
It’s Showtime
One Story at a Time: Celeste Lecesne
The Grief Counselor
To End All Spells
Best Editing
Ditch- Winner!
Jackrabbit Homestead
The Curse of Stigma
The Gateway Process
Triggered
Best Actor
Brandie Louck– Toby
Damon Rawlings– Breakfast with Tiffany
Ezra Justin Lee– Pastor’s Kid
Lawson Gray– Creature
Michele Love Santoro– Overexposed
Best Ensemble Cast
Cereal
I Love You
Mafia
Swapped at Length- Winner!
The Murder On Cape Melancholy
Best Director
Candace Haynes-Garrett– IOTB: It’s Only The Beginning
Felipe Castilla, Alex D Lugo– Project Penelope– Winner!
Kevin Cate– Put Your Cart Away
Leah Doz– Strangers
Robert Larriviere– This is Jan
Best Comedy Short Screenplay
Cinema One
Streaming Issues
The Fate of Teddy Pendernaps
Winter Solstice- Winner!
Best Drama Screenplay
Classic
Puddin’
Snap Decision
The Crowning of an Introvert- Winner!
Best Dark Drama Feature Screenplay
A Slip of Paper- Winner!
Soteria
Best Dramedy Feature Screenplay
Jointly Juvenile- Winner!
Poet’s Bucket List
Best Horror/ Thriller Short Screenplay
A Bug On Its Back
The Woman in White- Winner!
Best Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Short Screenplay
Cerulea- Winner!
Our Venue
Limelight Theater
349 Decatur St SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
